As soon as Huang Zicheng returned to the city, he immediately wrote a secret letter.
The secret letter traveled eight hundred miles straight to the capital and reached the desk of Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen.
As soon as he heard that it was an urgent letter from Huang Zicheng, Zhu Yunwen immediately opened it and checked it.
After seeing the results, Zhu Yunwen immediately became furious and summoned Qi Tai and Fang Xiaoru.
Now that one of Jianwen's three treasures, Huang Zicheng, has left, Zhu Yunwen can only summon these two remaining confidants to discuss matters.
It's not that Zhu Yunwen couldn't trust those auxiliary ministers. He always felt that Wang Dun, Zhang Hong and others were not of the same mind as him. Moreover, these old guys liked to rely on their old people and tried to restrict him as the new emperor in every possible way. Therefore, Zhu Yunwen would rather use Qi Tai, Fang Xiaoru and others. Newcomers are unwilling to reuse Wang Duan, Zhang Hong and others.
And what happened not long ago has indeed proven this.
That Wang Dun got Qu Tao Qu Yu's blood letter, instead of giving it to him Zhu Yunwen in advance, he took it out openly in the court, directly embarrassing him, the Ming Emperor!
If Huang Zicheng hadn't finally taken over the matter and left the court sadly, I don't know what kind of trouble Wang Duan, Zhang Hong and others would have caused!
This is obviously not the same thing!
Therefore, Zhu Yunwen would rather reuse Qi Tai, Fang Xiaoru and others than discuss state affairs with Wang Dui, Zhang Hong and others.
Qi Tai and Fang Xiaoru hurried over and looked at Zhu Yunwen in confusion.
Zhu Yunwen's face was gloomy and he took out Huang Zicheng's secret letter.
"Huang Aiqing came to report that Xu Zengshou, the Duke of Wei, was hiding in his motorcade and had arrived at Zhending!"
"There seems to be something strange happening in the Duke of Wei's mansion!"
As soon as these words came out, Qi Tai and Fang Xiaoru's expressions changed drastically!
After all, that is the Duke of Wei!
Descendants of Zhongshan King Xu Da!
His status far exceeds that of an ordinary noble military minister!
To put it bluntly, most of the Ming Dynasty was conquered by this King of Zhongshan!
Even though Xu Da has died of illness for so many years, his prestige in the army has never diminished, and he took advantage of the traitor Zhu Di in vain!
Otherwise, why did all the soldiers in Northern Xinjiang surrender when Zhu Di rebelled?
Isn’t it because Zhu Di is the son-in-law of Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan? He even followed Xu Da to fight in the fortress and inherited Xu Da’s mantle!
If there is really any change in the Duke of Wei's palace, it will be a fatal blow to the imperial prestige of the new emperor Zhu Yunwen!
Qitai immediately said: "Your Majesty, no matter what, we must take precautions in advance!"
"Wei Guogong is a descendant of the Queen of Zhongshan and has great prestige in the army. If he really has a different intention, it will lead to catastrophe!"
The current Wei Guogong is the eldest son of Zhongshan King Xu Da, Xu Huizu, who is now in charge of the affairs of the Central Military Governor's Mansion.
After Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, in order to show his kindness, in August of the same year, he consecrated Xu Huizu as the crown prince and Taifu, and ordered Xu Huizu to supervise the editing of "Records of Emperor Taizu Gao".
In other words, Xu Huizu now has no real power in his hands, but is doing the work of a scholar.
But even so, Zhu Yunwen was still a little uneasy.
He knows better than anyone else the lofty prestige of Duke Wei of the Ming Dynasty!
"Oh, Duke Wei, what a Duke of Wei!"
"I showed great favor to him and even made him the Crown Prince and Tutor. Is this how Xu Huizu repays me?"
Zhu Yunwen punched the desk angrily.
"Here comes the decree, and Xu Huizu is imprisoned..."
"Your Majesty, you must not do this!"
Zhu Yunwen was about to issue an order to send Xu Huizu to the prison for severe interrogation, but Fang Xiaoru stopped him.
"Your Majesty, the Duke of Wei is no more noble than ordinary people. Without conclusive evidence, Your Majesty must not touch the Duke of Wei. Otherwise, it will only make everyone in the government and the public panic and feel like they are walking on thin ice!"
Fang Xiaoru advised him earnestly and sincerely.
Just imagine, the emperor directly questioned the Duke of Wei because of some unfounded matters, and ignored the outstanding achievements of the Ming Dynasty by Zhongshan King Xu Da. Then how did the Manchu Civil and Military Association view him as an emperor, and how did the people of the world view him as an emperor?
Cruel, narrow-minded, cold and unkind...
No matter which one, it was enough to separate the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty from the Emperor Zhu Yunwen!
Zhu Yunwen also understood this truth, but he was a little unwilling to do so.
It's obvious that the Duke of Wei has shown his disloyalty. Can't I, the Emperor of Ming, deal with him?
"Then according to the alchemist's plan, how should this matter be handled?"
"For the current plan, the safest way is to order Mr. Huang to arrest Xu Zengshou and send him back to Jinling for strict interrogation to obtain conclusive evidence."
"As for Wei Guogong Xu Huizu, we must not act rashly!"
However, Qitai put forward a different opinion.
"Your Majesty, although Xu Huizu has no real power in his hands, he is the governor of the Chinese Army Governor's Mansion after all. If he really has different intentions, it will have an unimaginable negative impact on the frontline war."
"I ask that Xu Huizu be arrested and interrogated. If the interrogation yields no results, then we will temporarily dismiss him from office and imprison him until Xu Zengshou is brought back to Beijing for interrogation before we make a decision!"
After hearing the plans of his two confidants, Zhu Yunwen also nodded.
This is indeed the safest way.
"Just do what you want!"
"Qitai, I order you to take charge of this matter!"
"We must not let the news leak out, at least until we get proof!"
Qitai immediately bowed to accept the order, and then left in a hurry.
Fang Xiaoru looked at his back with a worried look on her face.
You have locked people up, so how can the news not leak out?
I'm afraid everyone in this Jinling court will be in danger!
Half an hour later, inside Wenyuan Pavilion.
Qitai led the imperial army to arrive here, causing an uproar.
At this moment, many famous Confucian scholars are compiling "Records of Emperor Taizu Gao", and Xu Huizu is also here.
As soon as he saw the menacing Minister of War Qi Tai, Xu Huizu felt a little uneasy in his heart.
How is this going?
Did these famous scholars make any mistakes?
It’s not like we should let Qitai, the Minister of War, personally lead the troops and capture the people, right?
Just when Xu Huizu was wondering, Qi Tai looked at him gloomily!
"Wei Guogong, please come with us!"
As soon as these words came out, the whole place was in an uproar.
Xu Huizu himself was stunned, his face full of disbelief.
Did you eat melon on your own head?
I haven't done anything here in Wenyuan Pavilion while repairing books!
"Qitai, what do you mean?"
"Wei Guogong, you will understand after you go there!"
Qi Tai couldn't help but ordered the soldiers to take Xu Huizu away.
Of course, he doesn't have a good look on this kind of picky-tempered young man.
Coming to a secret room, Qi Tai looked at Xu Huizu who was roaring angrily, and asked lightly: "Wei Guogong, why did your third brother Xu Zengshou abscond to Zhending? Was he ordered by your Xu Huizu to defect to Yan?" inverse?"
When Xu Huizu heard this, his expression suddenly changed and he gradually turned pale.
The third brother absconded to Zhending?
What does this bastard want to do?
"Qitai, I don't know anything about this, don't you dare slander anyone here!"
"I, Xu Huizu, am loyal to Your Majesty and have no intention of colluding with Yan Ni!"
Xu Huizu was panicking now, and he knew exactly what this meant.
His Majesty the Emperor has always been ruthless, and anyone who involves Yan Ni will not end well!
Xu Huizu knew very well that his identity was sensitive, and because of his in-law relationship with Zhu Di, he was in an extremely embarrassing situation, so he did not dare to make any changes, and he honestly studied in Wenyuan Pavilion, doing the work of a scholar.
But he never expected that even though he was like this, the emperor was still afraid of him!
"I want to see Your Majesty!"
